Just listened to this while driving home. I had my first exposure to cheat grass in 2010 while excavating a paleoindian site in Idaho. I despised cheat grass but I'm very interested in learning more about using it in brewing.

Wow, cool idea to help curb an invasive species. Sounds kind of similar to the ...was it a type of asian carp that has infested the Missisippi? I read somewhere that the only way to possibly reduce that threat was to give it a tasty name and convince restaurants and stores to carry it all over the country.

It is not gluten free, it is very high gluten according to the tests we have performed. All questions regarding cheatgrass beer can be answered by me. My wife and I are the inventors and I am the brewer. FYI it is illegal to harvest this stuff, we have special permission from the BLM.